Lasioglossum texanum

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Lasioglossum texanum
Lasioglossum texanum, m, left Pennington Co., SD 2018-06-20-12.43.38 ZS PMax UDR (48784822173).jpg
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Halictidae
Tribe: Halictini
Genus: Lasioglossum
Species:
L. texanum
Binomial name
Lasioglossum texanum
(Cresson, 1872)

Lasioglossum texanum is a species of sweat bee in the family Halictidae. [1] [2] It is a ground nesting bee that flies out to collect pollen in the evening and also at night until around 10:00 PM when the moon is up. It only collects pollen from the flowers of the four-point evening-primrose (Oenothera rhombipetala). [3]

References

  1. "Lasioglossum texanum Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  2. Kerfoot, William B. (1967). "Nest Architecture and Associated Behavior of the Nocturnal Bee, Sphecodogastra texana (Hymenoptera: Halictidae)". Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society. 40 (1): 84–93. ISSN   0022-8567. JSTOR   25083600.

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